Heroes of the Storm Balance Update — October 12, 2016

We've just released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm in order to apply a
few balance changes to the Nexus. Check out the full patch notes below.

Battlegrounds

Warhead Junction

Reduced Nuke inner damage bonus from 100 to 50%

Time at which Nukes upgrade their damage changed from 14 to 18 minutes

Developer Comments: This is a temporary solution to prevent the Nuke
Core rushes at the 14-minute mark. In a coming patch, we’ll likely be making
further changes that makes Nukes gradually scale over time, so that they
mirror the Core’s scaling over time.

Increased bonus per enemy hit from 3 to 4%, and maximum from 15 to 20%

Level 20

Humongoid (R)

Cooldown increased from 20 to 25 seconds

Developer Comments: Right now Zombie Wall Talents are providing more
utility and damage than the alternatives, which isn’t ideal. We’re providing
buffs to Corpse Spiders, while also nerfing Gargantuan. In general we expect
Nazeebo’s winrate to stay about the same (which is right in the middle), but
increase the number of effective Talent options for different playstyles.

Developer Comments: We are happy with how Malfurion is now played
after his changes, but he has come out a little too strong. We believe that
his role as a sustained healing support should still be a primary strength,
but we want to limit just how long he can keep his team going if he’s spamming
his Regrowth on cooldown. We are also cutting Rampant Growth as it pushed
Malfurion towards being a burst healer, which is against the role that he
should be filling for his team. We also like that Entangling Roots allows
Malfurion to make plays and initiate fights, but it’s a little too good right
now at securing kills. We’re slightly increasing its initial delay to be
between where it is now and where it used to be, which should give opponents
more of a chance to dodge the root.

Recharge rate reduction increased from .25 to .375, up to a total of 3 seconds

Level 4

Speed Barrier (E)

Movement Speed increased from 25 to 35%

Developer Comments: We’re reverting some of the previous Zarya buffs
to bring her power level back to where we want. We’re also nerfing the
benefits of Maximum Charge, now that getting high Energy isn’t as difficult as
it was previously. We’ve also buffed Demolitions Expert and Speed Barrier, as
they were substantially underperforming when compared to the other Talents on
their tiers.